Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-05-21
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Ackley mas curiosity III INT SHAPE VI a
three.legged cat.
Mason Long, the converted gambler is
doing Rock Rapids.
Maquoketa is trying to enforce the prohibi-
tory law but with poor success.
The sheriff Of Webster county on Saturday
arrested at Des Moines a forger who will
probably go up for a long term of years.
Des Moines wholesalers propose to close
heir stores at 8 o'clock on Saturdays, giving
their employees the remainder OF the day.
HARRIET A. Hoyt extracted 5000 from the
treasury OF Des Moines by slipping up on a
defective sidewalk. She wanted 500 00
The real estate transfers in TT. Dodge for
the past month amounted TO over $500, 600,
The city is enjoying a good healthy boom.
Maury 4. Bishop, a prominent young banker
and land owner, Of Brookville, Florida, was
married Friday l:sn; to Miss Ida Y. Hueston,
Keokuk.
Cedar Rapids handled All, 900 hogs during
the last twelve months, and the cost OF the
same to the packing house there was over s.,
$50, 900.
The railroads OF the state will carry dele
cations to the Masonic grand lodge at Daven
port June z, at one and one-third fare for the
round trip.
/. B. Lucas, a blacksmith ut Ashton, had
the misfortune TO drop a plow-lay in such a
manner that the point struck his foot, serv-
ing one of his toes.
The 'Vlnton Oil and Gas company with
acapital OF 500, 600, has been organized and
the work of boring will begin as soon as ar.
rangements can be completed.
The colored preacher who was arrested in
Sioux City a week or two ago on charge of
obtaining money under false pretenses and
discharged is now working Dubuque.
Wall paper is being sold at 4 cents a roll In
Dubuque. The dealers OF that town are either
losing money, or wall paper men generally
are becoming bloated bondholders.
The colored preacher who was arrested at
Sioux City a week or two ago charged with
obtaining money under false pretenses, and
discharged, is now working Dubuque.
The contract for building the new motor
line, the Manawa road, at Council Bluffs, has
been let to Mr.. j. X. Graves of Dubuque. and
the road will be completed by the middle OF
June.
Justice Johnson Friday morning discharg.
ed F.M. Hubbell, charged with crookedness III
connection with the Monarch Insurance com
pany. r. B. Allen, receiver, was continued
in that position.
A Hancock county COW last week was re
lieved Of a calf with two perfectly formed
heads and necks joined 10 one body. The
calf was dead and an examination shove,
but one pair OF lungs.
A land slide occurred along the Chicago
Milwaukee IL st. Paul railroad about a mil,
south of Clayton on Monday afternoon, de
molishing several rods Of track and delayins
trains about nine hours.
improvements to the amount of S60,00t
have already been made in Fort Dodge thi,
spring and the Chronicle says sufficient hal
been promised for the next three weeks tC
make the total Sl01,f~l.
Kennedy, the Dubuque man charged with
the murder Of his wife, was Saturday bound
over without bail to appear before the grand
Jury at the May term and answer to a charge
of murder In the first degree.
Johnny Wilson, track-walker Of the Chi
cago, Rock Island and Pacific, In trying to
board a freight train at Keota, Friday, had
both legs crushed in such a frightful manner
that amputation was necessary.
The parties sinking an ~artesian well at OF.
tumwa on Saturday struck a flow OF $50 gal
Ions per minute OF soft pure water. The con.
tractors think a still better flow can be oh
tanned and will sink the well still beyond its
present depth, which is ,040 feet.
The heat Of Monday caused the rails on the
Illinois Central branch to expand, ditched a
passenger train near. Charles City but injured
no one. Near harrisburg City the track
was disturbed from the same cause, but 1t as
discovered in time to prevent an accident.
V. w. Bullock, for twelve years a promi.
nent grain dealer Of Burlington, has aband.
oned the business and removed to Denver,
Col, claiming that the interstate commerce
law placed such restrictions upon the grain
business at Burlington as to make 1t un-
profitable.
1t is proposed to raise money to buy a
pleasure steamboat to ply between Smith
land and Otto. The cost Of the vessel is esti-
mated at $1,000, and DR.. Rice guarantees
to have the boat running by August l, pro-
viding 5000 is raised In shares of 800 each by
June Is.
The Sheldon News has been leased to d. j.
O'Connell and Claude Charles. O'Connell
was for some time a partner in thu Sanborn
Journal, and Charles has for many years been
a typo In the News office. The proprietor, j.
G. Watkins, proposes to engage in other
business.
A farmer living near Mt. Pleasant found
six Of his neighbours horses In his pasture.
He stretched a barbed wire along a portion of
he fence and forced the poor brutes through
1t. The fence was carried quite a distance by
the barbs sticking In the flesh OF the horses,
literally tearing their skin and flesh into
shreds.
Some very fine and delicate points Of pro-
hibition law have been raised In Sioux City.
The Franz Brewing company has sued for
81 900 worth Of kegs which were destroyed
with the contents by the prohibitionists.
The federal authorities threaten 10 take the
constables by the nape Of the neck for spill.
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